The boys were laughing, and Joe was beating the snow off the clothing of his younger brother. They did not notice their elders for the moment. “How——Why did you come back, Garry?” the girl asked directly. “I come back to see if you would let such a blundering fellow as I am tell you what is in his heart,” Garry said softly, looking at her with serious gaze. “Garry! What has happened?” she murmured. He told her quietly, but with a break in his voice that betrayed the depth of his feeling for his Uncle Terry. “The poor old boy!” he said. “If he had only showed me he loved me so while he lived—and given me a chance to show him.” “It is not your fault,” said Dorothy using the words her father had used in commenting upon the matter. They were standing close together—there in the snow, and his arms were about her. Dorothy looked up bravely into his face. “I—I guess I can’t say it very well, Dorothy. But you know how I feel—how much I love you, my dear. I’m going to make good out there on the old ranch, and then I want to come back here for you. Will you wait for me, Dorothy?” “I expected to have to wait much longer than that, Garry,” Dorothy replied with a tremulous sigh. And then as he drew her still closer she hid her face on his bosom. “Lookut! Lookut!” cried Roger in the background, suddenly observing the tableau. “What do you know about Dorothy and Garry Knapp doing it too?” “Gee!” growled Joe, in disgust. “It must be catching. Tavia and old Nat will get it. Come on away, Roger. Huh! they don’t even know we’re on earth.” And it was some time before Dorothy Dale and “that cowboy person” awoke to the fact that they were alone and it was a much longer time still before they started back for The Cedars, hand in hand. THE END. THE DOROTHY DALE SERIES By MARGARET PENROSE Author of “The Motor Girls Series” 12mo. Illustrated. Price per volume, 75 cents, postpaid. [Illustration: Book] Dorothy Dale is the daughter of an old Civil War veteran who is running a weekly newspaper in a small Eastern town. Her sunny disposition, her fun-loving ways and her trials and triumphs make clean, interesting and fascinating reading. The Dorothy Dale Series is one of the most popular series of books for girls ever published. DOROTHY DALE: A GIRL OF TO-DAY DOROTHY DALE AT GLENWOOD SCHOOL DOROTHY DALE’S GREAT SECRET DOROTHY DALE AND HER CHUMS DOROTHY DALE’S QUEER HOLIDAYS DOROTHY DALE’S CAMPING DAYS DOROTHY DALE’S SCHOOL RIVALS DOROTHY DALE IN THE CITY DOROTHY DALE’S PROMISE DOROTHY DALE IN THE WEST DOROTHY DALE’S STRANGE DISCOVERY DOROTHY DALE’S ENGAGEMENT (_New_) CUPPLES & LEON CO., Publishers, NEW YORK THE MOTOR GIRLS SERIES By MARGARET PENROSE Author of the highly successful “Dorothy Dale Series” 12mo. Illustrated. Price per volume, 75 cents, postpaid. [Illustration: Book]